Vici
@vicibox.bsky.social
Independent Spirit reflecting light from the Dark Mirror; retired Harwell Scientist PhD FInstP, Writer & Artist navigating zeitgeist towards the post-Holocene.
They still don't get it; reaching net zero is the least of our problems. We have 10yrs to turn this around, two parliaments, and we have a clown show in power. We need a 20thC Churchill, I look at both front benches & realise the game is up; no saviour stepping forward. The buffers are now at 2035.
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
They still don't get it; reaching net zero is the least of our problems. We have 10yrs to turn this around, two parliaments, and we have a clown show in power. We need a 20thC Churchill, I look at both front benches & realise the game is up; no saviour stepping forward. The buffers are now at 2035.
New show in my OSGRID Teravus Plaza Rooftop Vici's Attic Gallery called London Streets. Street Photography with a Leica X113 ;-)
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New show in my OSGRID Teravus Plaza Rooftop Vici's Attic Gallery called London Streets. Street Photography with a Leica X113 ;-)
Where are we going to get food & water; we cant supply it & our main suppliers wont be exporting. Europe the best bet but Gov wont rejoin. Mass civic unrest, global conflict has started. Climate & pollution is killing our wildlife. We chase money not environmental security. We will fall. Wake up.
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Where are we going to get food & water; we cant supply it & our main suppliers wont be exporting. Europe the best bet but Gov wont rejoin. Mass civic unrest, global conflict has started. Climate & pollution is killing our wildlife. We chase money not environmental security. We will fall. Wake up.
So this is the end of British Civilisation? 2 parliaments left before the buffers at 2035 & we have the worst Government & Opposition in my lifetime. Do I believe this clown show can save us? All the data says NO. Thank goodness I'm 74 & did my best. Please UK grow up & sort this; you're a disgrace.
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So this is the end of British Civilisation? 2 parliaments left before the buffers at 2035 & we have the worst Government & Opposition in my lifetime. Do I believe this clown show can save us? All the data says NO. Thank goodness I'm 74 & did my best. Please UK grow up & sort this; you're a disgrace.
Then there were two. My brown leather half case came from china today for my silver Leica X113. I am really pleased with them both ;-)
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Then there were two. My brown leather half case came from china today for my silver Leica X113. I am really pleased with them both ;-)
The black leather half case has come for my Leica X113 and it looks and feels fantastic. I have a dark coffee case on its way for my silver camera. I am delighted ;-)
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The black leather half case has come for my Leica X113 and it looks and feels fantastic. I have a dark coffee case on its way for my silver camera. I am delighted ;-)
COP30 over & progress made. I stand by PLAN B. Dont care about the report; the world learned. No consensus; so what? Nothing done for 30yrs. Survivors must focus & act. Forget the selfish they'll fall; you mustn't. 10yrs to ensure our survival; use it well; the post-Holocene waits #6thMassExtinction
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
COP30 over & progress made. I stand by PLAN B. Dont care about the report; the world learned. No consensus; so what? Nothing done for 30yrs. Survivors must focus & act. Forget the selfish they'll fall; you mustn't. 10yrs to ensure our survival; use it well; the post-Holocene waits #6thMassExtinction
Before the wonderful voting public start heaping vitriol; you lot were no better. Britain was actually doing better than others until Xmas day!!! The data is damning; most of you visited your families during lockdown (points at the Jan spike). We were warned for years it was coming and did nothing.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Before the wonderful voting public start heaping vitriol; you lot were no better. Britain was actually doing better than others until Xmas day!!! The data is damning; most of you visited your families during lockdown (points at the Jan spike). We were warned for years it was coming and did nothing.
I've got a lovely bunch of Leicas.
There they are, all standing in a row.
Silver one, Black one, Logo nice and red.
Give them a click a flick of the wrist.
That's what Oskar Barnack said ;-)
There they are, all standing in a row.
Silver one, Black one, Logo nice and red.
Give them a click a flick of the wrist.
That's what Oskar Barnack said ;-)
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I've got a lovely bunch of Leicas.
There they are, all standing in a row.
Silver one, Black one, Logo nice and red.
Give them a click a flick of the wrist.
That's what Oskar Barnack said ;-)
There they are, all standing in a row.
Silver one, Black one, Logo nice and red.
Give them a click a flick of the wrist.
That's what Oskar Barnack said ;-)
The ostrich solution; you haven't got any answers to a crisis so you stick your head in the sand. This wont stop the boats coming; this is only the start & it will get much worse. It is pointless pretending you can legislate to stop this; mass migration has only just started. A Global Crisis.
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The ostrich solution; you haven't got any answers to a crisis so you stick your head in the sand. This wont stop the boats coming; this is only the start & it will get much worse. It is pointless pretending you can legislate to stop this; mass migration has only just started. A Global Crisis.
Unless Britain takes a lead in instigating holistic management of this crisis, Climate is only one of the problems, we will be increasingly sidelined (we are too closely aligned with the US) whilst our CANZUK, Commonwealth & EU allies forge ahead. We cannot survive alone.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Unless Britain takes a lead in instigating holistic management of this crisis, Climate is only one of the problems, we will be increasingly sidelined (we are too closely aligned with the US) whilst our CANZUK, Commonwealth & EU allies forge ahead. We cannot survive alone.
Will hold my opinion on this till I know more; none of my big hitters are there & I am cautious of anything involving Chris Packham who I consider as problematic as polluters & deniers to solutions. Where is Sir David King, the most respected voice in Britain? We have 2 parliaments to make a start.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Will hold my opinion on this till I know more; none of my big hitters are there & I am cautious of anything involving Chris Packham who I consider as problematic as polluters & deniers to solutions. Where is Sir David King, the most respected voice in Britain? We have 2 parliaments to make a start.
COP30: re-hung my SL Party at the End of the World Art Installation with info from the Global Heating Emergency Conference. Will it make the remotest difference to educating people, make them think? You think not? If we think that way we are finished. We do what we can, in hope, because we must ;-)
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
COP30: re-hung my SL Party at the End of the World Art Installation with info from the Global Heating Emergency Conference. Will it make the remotest difference to educating people, make them think? You think not? If we think that way we are finished. We do what we can, in hope, because we must ;-)
My COP30 Plan B Linkedin Post in a single JPG. Time for talking & agreements is past; we need serious action now by anybody who is willing; every little will help. We have 10yrs left to make a significant difference. Action in 10yrs time will mean existential failure & cant wait for Governments ;-)
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My COP30 Plan B Linkedin Post in a single JPG. Time for talking & agreements is past; we need serious action now by anybody who is willing; every little will help. We have 10yrs left to make a significant difference. Action in 10yrs time will mean existential failure & cant wait for Governments ;-)
This. The climate tipped. By 2050 the City of London says that without action the annual disasters will reach £35Trillion. Why do you think China is spending more that the rest of the world combined on green tech? Hint, same as Milliband; we need control of energy. We need clean resilience.
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This. The climate tipped. By 2050 the City of London says that without action the annual disasters will reach £35Trillion. Why do you think China is spending more that the rest of the world combined on green tech? Hint, same as Milliband; we need control of energy. We need clean resilience.
Stopped at Boots to pick up a prescription & found that they had put in a self checkout. Original staff standing around supervising. Thus we see how useless the AI revolution is; deskilling staff & using less of them. Well I wont use them. It isn't saving labour, its getting us to do unpaid work.
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stopped at Boots to pick up a prescription & found that they had put in a self checkout. Original staff standing around supervising. Thus we see how useless the AI revolution is; deskilling staff & using less of them. Well I wont use them. It isn't saving labour, its getting us to do unpaid work.
COP30 Party at the End of the World (Hate): What you don't think this is true; really? The Rich have never had it so good; private planes & yachts, expensive cars, huge houses full of appliances; why should they share? Globally the Poor are facing annihilation! This is evil #6thMassExtinction
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
COP30 Party at the End of the World (Hate): What you don't think this is true; really? The Rich have never had it so good; private planes & yachts, expensive cars, huge houses full of appliances; why should they share? Globally the Poor are facing annihilation! This is evil #6thMassExtinction
COP30: Yes I have left it very late (sorry been ill) but, surely you didn't expect me to let COP30, during my predicted Year From Hell, pass without an Art Show? Welcome to the Party At The End of the World by Vici. It is a big ask at this late stage but, I am going to try; it's all we can do ;-)
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
COP30: Yes I have left it very late (sorry been ill) but, surely you didn't expect me to let COP30, during my predicted Year From Hell, pass without an Art Show? Welcome to the Party At The End of the World by Vici. It is a big ask at this late stage but, I am going to try; it's all we can do ;-)
Jamaica & Cuba clinging in the storm as the entitled industrialised west complains about rising prices & their falling standards of living as an excuse not to act to prevent this existential crisis. I'm reminded of the deck chairs on the Titanic. 50s Sci-fi got it wrong; mankind killed themselves.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jamaica & Cuba clinging in the storm as the entitled industrialised west complains about rising prices & their falling standards of living as an excuse not to act to prevent this existential crisis. I'm reminded of the deck chairs on the Titanic. 50s Sci-fi got it wrong; mankind killed themselves.
Sucking on her fingernails: she can't believe what she sees.
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sucking on her fingernails: she can't believe what she sees.
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
She seems so engrossed: its what appears on her screen.
Use your 20th Century imagination: if you've got any.
I think AI and US Corporate greed has destroyed the internet,
Install Linux Mint & set yourself free ;-)
This is the reason we need a coalition of competent crossparty politicians. This was the bottom line from last weeks Global Environment Conference; there was no Scientific quick fix. We have two parliaments to avert this. City of London reports $15Trillion annual loss by 2050. Cant see us making it?
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is the reason we need a coalition of competent crossparty politicians. This was the bottom line from last weeks Global Environment Conference; there was no Scientific quick fix. We have two parliaments to avert this. City of London reports $15Trillion annual loss by 2050. Cant see us making it?
4yrs ago & I'd given up photographing spirituality. Then this; a dying leaf on a brick grid. It started my Dark Mirror: Spirituality & Reason Show inspired by COP26, mapping cultural evolution until Extinction. Retirement ended & I started lobbying on the #6thMassExtinction Net Zero 2035 ;-)
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
4yrs ago & I'd given up photographing spirituality. Then this; a dying leaf on a brick grid. It started my Dark Mirror: Spirituality & Reason Show inspired by COP26, mapping cultural evolution until Extinction. Retirement ended & I started lobbying on the #6thMassExtinction Net Zero 2035 ;-)
2021 COP26 I predicted 2025 would be the year from hell. The Global Heating Emergency Conference suggests we have 10yrs to save civilisation. Most chilling presentation of the day was by David King. The buffers now stand at 2035. This feels like the Bronze Age collapse #6thMassExtinction
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
2021 COP26 I predicted 2025 would be the year from hell. The Global Heating Emergency Conference suggests we have 10yrs to save civilisation. Most chilling presentation of the day was by David King. The buffers now stand at 2035. This feels like the Bronze Age collapse #6thMassExtinction
I have snapped. I have gone back to using a Filofax in my bag to take notes and drawings. I find the new AI phone culture toxic; its getting in the way of documenting my life & sketching out projects. Besides its a cheerful red colour. I like drawing with a pen ;-)
October 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I have snapped. I have gone back to using a Filofax in my bag to take notes and drawings. I find the new AI phone culture toxic; its getting in the way of documenting my life & sketching out projects. Besides its a cheerful red colour. I like drawing with a pen ;-)
Flying lessons; the Alton Kings Pond geese were having difficulty in the blustery wind outside learning to fly. We had a lot of Canada goslings this year ;-)
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Flying lessons; the Alton Kings Pond geese were having difficulty in the blustery wind outside learning to fly. We had a lot of Canada goslings this year ;-)